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Web and software engineering
Posts on building web apps and software: languages, frameworks, architecture and security. 29 posts, newest first.
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WhatsApp Business API for Your App: Costs and Setup
WhatsApp Business app or API? How to set up Meta's Cloud API, what each message costs in India, a worked monthly bill, template rules and AI replies.
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Agile or Waterfall: How to Choose for Your Project
Agile or waterfall? How each method works, its strengths and drawbacks, and how to choose by scope, requirements, timeline and team, or mix the two.
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How to choose a web development framework
How to choose a web development framework from your project's traits: team skills, rendering, data, real-time needs, hiring and how long it must last.
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Python for Beginners: A Step-by-Step Guide
Python for beginners, step by step: set up Python, learn variables, control flow and functions, then practise with small projects.
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Secure Web Development Best Practices: A Checklist
Secure web development best practices as a checklist: input handling, HTTPS and HSTS, passwords, least privilege, CSP, patching, testing and response.
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Cloud-native development: benefits, challenges and fit
What cloud-native development is, its real benefits and challenges, the tools involved, and how to tell whether your product needs it.
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Python Blockchain Libraries, and a Simple Chain in Python
Which Python blockchain library does what: web3.py, Ape, pycoingecko and more, plus a minimal blockchain in Python you can run and test yourself.
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How to Improve Web App Performance: A Diagnosis Guide
How to speed up a slow web app: measure first, find where the time goes, then fix the front end, network, back end and database, and keep monitoring.
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IoT With Python: From Device Data to a Live Dashboard
IoT with Python, end to end: MicroPython on the device, MQTT to a broker, a Python back end that stores readings, and a dashboard. With tested code.
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Building Secure, Scalable Software: Decisions to Make Early
Secure and scalable software starts with early decisions: sign-in, data model, tenancy, background jobs, monitoring and threats, and what can wait.
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Python for DevOps: infrastructure automation in practice
Python infrastructure automation in practice: cloud SDK scripts, infrastructure as code, Ansible, tested deploy scripts and CI/CD, with working examples.
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When to Use Python: Is It Right for Your Project?
When to use Python: where it excels, its limits, and how to choose it or another language by performance, platform, team skills and timeline.
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How to Build a Web Application with Python
How to build a web application with Python: choosing Django, Flask, FastAPI or Pyramid, then security, performance, responsiveness and feedback.
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CI/CD Pipeline Explained: Build One for Your Web App
A CI/CD pipeline explained: what continuous integration and delivery are, the parts of a pipeline, and how to build one for your web app step by step.
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Single-Page or Multi-Page Application: How to Choose
Single-page or multi-page application? What each architecture is, the project traits that decide it, hybrid options, and the SEO details SPAs need right.
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Python Workflow Automation: Automate Repetitive Tasks
Python workflow automation recipes for files, spreadsheets, APIs, scraping, email reports and scheduling, plus when a script should become a system.
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Build your first web app with Python and Flask
A tested tutorial for your first Python Flask web app: app factory, routes, templates, a form, a database, tests and a production server.
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Preparing for the Future of Work: How Businesses Adapt
Preparing for the future of work: the trends reshaping jobs, from automation and AI to hybrid work, and practical ways businesses can adapt.
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Small Business Website Security on a Tight Budget
Small business website security on a tight budget: updates, HTTPS, MFA, backups, free tools and the habits that block most attacks.
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Cloud Data Security Best Practices for Web Apps
Cloud data security best practices for web apps: encryption, access control, IAM, data loss prevention, backups, monitoring and shared responsibility.
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Data Breach Response Plan for Website and App Owners
A data breach response plan for website and app owners: who leads, how to contain a breach, keep evidence, assess the damage, notify and recover.
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Cybersecurity Awareness Training That Cuts Human Error
Cybersecurity awareness training that cuts human error: what to cover, formats and phishing simulations, vendor access rules and how to measure it.
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GDPR and CCPA Compliance: A Guide for Web Apps
GDPR and CCPA compliance for web apps: mapping personal data, consent, data rights requests, security, breach plans, records and the tools that help.
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Software Supply Chain Security and Future Cyber Threats
Emerging cybersecurity threats, from AI-powered attacks to software supply chain attacks, and how to protect your dependencies, builds and teams.
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Managing Technical Debt: Find It, Rank It, Pay It Down
Managing technical debt: how to find it, rank it by impact and effort, and pay it down with refactoring, tests, tools and a code-quality culture.
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Does My Business Need Blockchain? A Decision Guide
Does your business need blockchain? The questions to ask first, what blockchain does well, real uses by industry, the challenges, and how to start small.
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The Future of Web Development: Trends Worth Building For
The future of web development: PWAs, AI and LLM features, Jamstack, serverless and WebAssembly, where each fits, and how developers keep up.
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Tailored websites: how to personalise a site for each visitor
How to build a tailored website: four levels of personalisation, what each needs technically, consent, testing for lift, and when it isn't worth it.
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Is Ruby on Rails Still Relevant? A Practical Answer
Is Ruby on Rails still relevant? Yes: why Rails still suits many web apps, whether it is declining, who uses it and when it fits your project.
